Saturday, May 23, 2009

Karen We Hardly New Ye

This post is sung to the tune of Johnny We Hardly Knew Ye and dedicated to Karen Cooper who is retiring as the head of NARAL Washington this month. It is also dedicated to all those doctors who are tempted to take up the abortionist's knife and join the war on women.

While goin' the road to Oly, hurroo, hurrooWhile goin' the road to Oly, hurroo, hurrooWhile goin' the road to OlyA bag of cash and a drop in the eyeA doleful damsel did you hear her cry?Karen We hardly knew ye.

With your knives and lies and lies and knives, hurroo, hurrooWith your knives and lies and lies and knives, hurroo, hurrooWith your knives and lies and lies and knivesThe children how many you slewAnd sold their bodies off to the U.Karen We hardly knew ye.

Where are their eyes that were so mild, hurroo, hurrooWhere are their eyes that were so mild, hurroo, hurrooWhere are their eyes that were so mildWhen in their youth are so beguiled?Why do ye skedaddle from a woman and her child?Oh Karen, We hardly knew ye.

Where are their legs that wanted to run, hurroo, hurrooWhere are their legs that wanted to run, hurroo, hurrooWhere are their legs that wanted to runWhen you went to carry an abortionist's gunTo be sure their dancing days are doneOh Karen we hardly knew ye.

They haven't an arm, they haven't a leg, hurroo, hurrooThey haven't an arm, they haven't a leg, hurroo, hurrooThey haven't an arm, they haven't a leg,They're armless, boneless, motherless eggs,They've been put in a bag and left with the dregs,Oh Karen, We hardly knew ye.

I'm happy for to see ye home, hurroo, hurrooI'm happy for to see ye home, hurroo, hurrooI'm happy for to see ye homeFrom the lunches and boardrooms and places your knownIt must be lonely when your all aloneOh Karen We hardly knew ye.

They're puttin in the knives again, hurroo, hurrooThey're puttin in the poison again, hurroo, hurrooThey're lyin' to women again,But we'll fight for the children again and again,Yes, we'll fight for the children again,Karen I'm swearing to ye.

...I would now like to say a special word to women who have had an abortion...[many people are] aware of the many factors which may have influenced your decision, and [do] not doubt that in many cases it was a painful and even shattering decision. The wound in your heart may not yet have healed. Certainly what happened was and remains terribly wrong. But do not give in to discouragement and do not lose hope. Try rather to understand what happened and face it honestly. If you have not already done so, give yourselves over with humility and trust to repentance. The Father of mercies is ready to give you his forgiveness and his peace ... You will come to understand that nothing is definitively lost and you will also be able to ask forgiveness from your child...With the friendly and expert help and advice of other people, and as a result of your own painful experience, you can be among the most eloquent defenders of everyone's right to life. Through your commitment to life, whether by accepting the birth of other children or by welcoming and caring for those most in need of someone to be close to them, you will become promoters of a new way of looking at human life. -- Pope John Paul II